Chapter 3016: Responsibility!

"Hahaha..."

Upon hearing about the matter of the Nine Clans' Young Master, Mitian laughed heartily and said, "That kid Ye Yuan, don't even mention being the Young Master—even if I offered him the position of Ancestor, he wouldn't spare it a glance!"

Long He and the others, kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

So Ye Yuan had been speaking sincerely!

Yet none of them had believed him!

Moreover, the Ancestor had never intended to make Ye Yuan the Young Master.

This... was truly asking for trouble, and they had lost face badly.

"Anc... Ancestor, forgive us!" Long He and the others broke out in a cold sweat.

"You all should focus more on cultivation—that's the right path! The calamity of the Blood Clan will soon sweep across the heavens, and time waits for no one!" Mitian said earnestly.

"Yes, Ancestor!" Long He and the others, ashamed, withdrew.

"Ancestor, that brat Ye Yuan is too arrogant! I sent someone to call him, saying you had returned, and he actually asked you to come in person! He spends all his time with those monsters, tinkering with his elixirs—it's outrageous!" As soon as the crowd left, Long Jian reported with a dark face.

Mitian laughed upon hearing this and said, "Heh, when that kid gets into his elixir-making, he recognizes no one! But that man is true to his word; since he promised to save those bloodline warriors, he will certainly give it his all. Moreover, now that he has fused the four true spirit bloodlines, he may have made some unexpected gains. Let's go and see."

Long Jian was frustrated, feeling that the Ancestor was too indulgent toward Ye Yuan.

That kid was the type to take advantage of kindness.

Give him an inch, and he'll take a mile!

Besides, instead of cultivating properly, what use was there in tinkering with those elixirs?

For chaotic true spirits like them, heavenly elixirs were not highly regarded.

Their bloodlines were powerful, their talents exceptional, and they cultivated very quickly.

The two quietly arrived at Ye Yuan's seclusion spot. Ye Yuan was channeling his qi like a mountain, with the Great Dao resonating. Amidst the nirvana flames, a heavenly elixir was gradually taking shape.

By now, Ye Yuan's alchemy had become somewhat spontaneous.

Back then, Yun Shan's technique of 'One Thought, One Bloom' had opened another door to the Dao of Alchemy for Ye Yuan.

The saying 'nothing in the world cannot be refined'—Ye Yuan had already glimpsed the threshold.

And the Hall of Virtual Illumination was truly a paradise for heavenly pharmacists.

The heavenly herbs on Dragon Island were abundant in variety and excellent in quality; Ye Yuan felt he had an inexhaustible supply.

During Mitian's absence, he had been in seclusion studying bloodlines, and now he finally had some leads.

"Condense!"

Ye Yuan gave a cold shout, and the elixir was complete!

Behind him, Zhao Yue sat with three monsters on the ground, like pets.

They had no idea what Ye Yuan was doing, their eyes somewhat vacant.

But in Zhao Yue's eyes, there was a glimmer of light.

He still retained a trace of intelligence, and deep inside, there was a desire to return.

Thus, his gaze became brighter.

"Their bloodlines are shattered, and even their primordial spirits are eroded—they can no longer be considered human! No matter how powerful the heavenly elixir, it can't save them! Kid, you're wasting your time!" Long Jian spoke up.

Ye Yuan ignored him and directly stuffed the heavenly elixir into the mouth of one of the bloodline warriors.

The bloodline warrior stuck out his tongue and rubbed against Ye Yuan's trouser leg ingratiatingly, like a little dog.

Ye Yuan's heart ached; in his view, the most precious thing for a person was dignity!

A scholar may be killed, but not humiliated!

But Mi Zhen and Long Sha and others had trampled these people's dignity underfoot.

Mitian had spent much time with Ye Yuan; how could he not understand what he was thinking?

He sighed softly and said, "Mi Zhen deserves death. If you want to kill him, I won't stop you."

Long Jian's expression changed, and he looked at Mitian in shock, saying, "Ancestor, this..."

Mitian waved his hand and said, "Dragon Island stands aloof; how could it understand the suffering of the masses? Back when I roamed the heavens and played with life, I never took them seriously either. But after dying once and sinking for hundreds of thousands of years, I have come to see many truths. I have learned a lot from Ye Yuan."

He had indeed learned a lot from Ye Yuan.

For example, responsibility!

He was the Dragon Clan's Ancestor, but most of the time he had been wandering the world, leaving the Dragon Clan's affairs to Mi Zhen.

He had never truly shouldered the responsibility of the Dragon Clan.

But what about Ye Yuan?

In the great war that swept through the entire Tai Ming Yu Wan Heaven, Ye Yuan was nothing but an ant.

Yet he unhesitatingly took on responsibilities he shouldn't have had to bear, repeatedly protecting the human race.

This sense of duty commanded Mitian's respect.

It was precisely because of this responsibility that he had firmly sent himself back.

Could anyone else have done that?

These people had no connection to Ye Yuan.

He could have used them and then abandoned them—that would have been the easiest way.

But Mitian knew that was impossible.

Because to Ye Yuan, they had become his responsibility!

Long Jian was shocked!

He realized that the Ancestor was vastly different from before!

He had always thought that Ye Yuan was the Ancestor's chosen successor.

But now, he felt that the Ancestor and Ye Yuan were more like close friends bonded by life and death.

Yet this feeling was too absurd.

A supreme being at the Other Shore realm, friends with a junior at the Emperor Haotian realm?

In the cultivation world, realm was the greatest chasm.

An Emperor Haotian could be friends with another Emperor Haotian, but an Emperor Haotian could never be friends with an Emperor Shitian.

That was a difference in level, no reason needed.

But between Mitian and Ye Yuan, this chasm had clearly been broken.

Ye Yuan took a deep breath and shook his head, saying, "His life or death should be left to Zhao Yue and the others. I think no one is more qualified than Zhao Yue and them to judge his fate."

Mitian nodded and said, "That's fine. Do you really have confidence?"

Ye Yuan said, "Their condition is very complicated; it's somewhat difficult. But I have some leads."

Long Jian curled his lip, clearly still unconvinced.

Rebuilding is far harder than destroying; restoring these people to their original state was more difficult than ascending to heaven.

To some extent, they had already become a different kind of creature.

So, although Mitian was well aware of Ye Yuan's abilities, he still had some doubts.

Just then, the bloodline warrior suddenly fell to the ground in pain, convulsing incessantly.

"Ahhh..." The bloodline warrior let out heart-wrenching screams.

And the spikes and claws on his body were actually receding!

Seeing this, Long Jian's eyes went wide, and he exclaimed, "This... how is this possible?"

Ye Yuan said calmly, "Nothing is impossible. There are no fixed laws in the world. Since he could become like this, naturally there is a way to change him back. It's just a matter of finding the right method. But... it still seems a bit lacking!"

Toward the end, Ye Yuan let out a soft sigh.

Sure enough, the bloodline warrior's regression stopped.

But most of the monstrous features on his body were gone.

Ye Yuan stepped forward to examine the bloodline warrior, lost in thought.